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JAMES JODY POCKEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 26, 1951 – March 17, 1972
Service recordJames Jody Pockey, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1972, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 116
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 26, 1951
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1972
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1972; 12 of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1972, 69 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 116
- JOHN MICHAEL MINORFirst Lieutenant · March 17, 1972
- JOHN JAMES MOYNAHANSpecialist Four · March 17, 1972
- CHARLES HOWARD SCHELLINGSpecialist Four · March 17, 1972
- ALBERTO VADIRODRIGUEZSpecialist Five · March 17, 1972
Same unit, same day
- ALBERTO VADIRODRIGUEZSpecialist Five · Panel 2W, Line 116
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.